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Journalist @foreignpolicy @independent @thetimes & others. Regular broadcaster. Contrib author: @dkbooks 'The Feminism Book'. Author: 'Don't Lose Your Head'
Dec 30, 2019 20 tweets 8 min read
Hello, everybody is drastically oversharing in these “end of year” thread/listicles so I thought if you can’t beat them, scorn them. Just kidding. But to be serious for a moment... (1/) I’ve decided to share ONE incident of quite ironic shitness from this year, not because I’m looking for attention - much - but because it’s an important issue to highlight. (2/)
Sep 8, 2019 46 tweets 7 min read
This article is filled with some genuinely batshit lines. Let us review: Society writer William Cash reveals how Prime Minister agreed to let him raise love child dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7… “Why did I take Helen Macintyre to Mark’s, the private members’ club where I’d had my wedding lunch after each of my two failed marriages?” Good question! And why did you keep the receipt? You’re not trying to get a shifty plug in by any chance? No, of course not.
Apr 5, 2018 14 tweets 3 min read
This morning, I witnessed a particularly nasty example of sexual harassment on the tube. I’ve seen this so many times before, but today it really got to me, particularly in the current climate (1/ ) (2/ ) a women was sitting in the tube carriage next to me, reading her book with her earphones in and minding her own business. The man sitting opposite her began trying to strike up a conversation...